#some

As a person, I'm not that hopeful, but somehow the hopeful part of me reveals itself through my songs. ↗

— David Friedman

#i #itself #me #part #person

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. ↗

— Max Frisch

#certain #certain level #citizen #every #guilty

I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it's sort of like taking the training wheels off, trying to write a book that's fun in the same way without relying on quite such mechanical or external beats. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#book #books #down #external #fun

It's not surprising to see in my own work, looking back, and in the work of some of my peers, an attention to family. It's nice to write a book that does tend toward significance and meaning, and where else are you sure of finding it? ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#back #book #does #else #family

We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#must #out #people #poor #poor people

Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#also #been #communities #deal #difficult

It's heartbreaking but we're trying to get over it. As disappointed as we were, I think that somehow you have to find a way to think that it happened for a reason. ↗

— Caroline Dhavernas

#find #get #happened #heartbreaking #i

I had to focus on some personal areas in my life with the little bit of privacy that I have. ↗

— Mario Vazquez

#bit #focus #had #i #life

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running. ↗

— Gene Fowler

#i think #left #like #out #room

I won't say, 'I have two degrees; I shouldn't be getting your latte.' Because I paid my dues when I got to the table, I actually had something to say. ↗

— Dana Fox

#because #degrees #dues #getting #got